Over the last three years, some 49 million Americans were told that their personal information was lost, stolen, or improperly disclosed by government agencies, banks, or various other companies, according to a recent survey. Although most respondents said that nothing happened as a consequence, 19 percent reported that the breaches led to unauthorized credit-card charges, bank-account losses, or other forms of identity fraud. The solution to this problem is credit monitoring. For a small yearly fee, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion can protect you from identity theft by regularly watching for changes in your credit report. About 24 million customers have signed up, according to Javelin Strategy and Research, a California-based company. Companies providing credit monitoring services will typically alert you to important activity such as credit inquiries, public records, delinquincies, negative information, employment changes, new accounts, address changes, etc. Fore more information on how credit monitoring can protect you, fill out the form in the right hand column. If you would like more information, fill out the form on the right hand side of your screen! >>
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